单词	predominate
释义	predominatepre‧dom‧i‧nate /prɪˈdɒməneɪt $ -ˈdɑː-/ AWL verb [intransitive] formal Verb Table VERB TABLE predominate Simple Form Present I, you, we, they predominate he, she, it predominates Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they predominated Present perfect I, you, we, they have predominated he, she, it has predominated Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had predominated Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will predominate Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have predominated Continuous Form Present I am predominating he, she, it is predominating you, we, they are predominating Past I, he, she, it was predominating you, we, they were predominating Present perfect I, you, we, they have been predominating he, she, it has been predominating Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been predominating Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be predominating Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been predominating Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Before 1860, buffalo predominated in the Great Plains. Dairy farms predominate in Sussex. In the summer, blue and pink flowers predominate, but there are white flowers, too, for contrast. This is a district where Democrats predominate. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Apologies for absences must again predominate. Arable Enterprises Grassland predominated in the 4,770 hectares of arable ground accounting for 83% of this acreage. But suffering and death are not the predominating features of nature. Here above all the civilizations of the plain predominate, based on irrigation. In the twentieth century, in fact, the plural of the word predominates, and is closest to our personal experience. It is not always clear which type predominate. Old roads and tracks, their paths perhaps related to energy flows, may predominate. There are returns to the impasto, but thin painting certainly predominates towards the end of the century. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorwhen there is much more of one type than of other types► mostly/mainly/largely · Apart from the Nile valley, Egypt is mostly desert.· I used to read a lot of poetry, mainly love poetry.· The new immigrants were mainly from Southern Europe.· The surface of Mercury seems to consist largely of dust. ► predominantly if something, especially a group of people, is predominantly of a particular type, most of it is of that type: · The character Shylock is a Jew living in a predominantly Christian society.· As a civil engineer, Susan will be competing in a predominantly male profession.· Our economy is predominantly capitalist. ► predominate formal if people or things of a particular type predominate in a place or situation, they are present in greater numbers than other types of people or things: · Dairy farms predominate in Sussex.· In the summer, blue and pink flowers predominate, but there are white flowers, too, for contrast. ► be in the majority if people of a particular kind are in the majority in an organization or group, they form the largest part of it: · The number of women on the committee has grown steadily and now they are in the majority. ► a preponderance of formal if there is a preponderance of people or things of a particular type in a group, most of the people or things in the group are of that type - used especially when the group is being studied: · At some universities, there is a preponderance of older lecturers.· They chose to investigate reasons for the preponderance of large families among the poor and ill-educated. Word family WORD FAMILYadjectivepredominantverbpredominateadverbpredominantly 1if one type of person or thing predominates in a group or area, there are more of this type than any other:  Pine trees predominate in this area of forest.2to have the most importance or influence, or to be most easily noticed:  In this type of case, the rights of the parent predominate.
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